JAMB meaning: Vertical side frame of doorway

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word JAMB:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

jamb: Merriam-Webster.com
jamb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
jamb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
jamb: Collins English Dictionary
jamb: Vocabulary.com
Jamb, jamb: Wordnik
jamb: Wiktionary
jamb: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
jamb: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
jamb: Infoplease Dictionary
Jamb, jamb: Dictionary.com
jamb: Online Etymology Dictionary
JAMB, Jamb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Jamb: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
jamb: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
jamb: Rhymezone
Jamb: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
jamb: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
jamb: Free Dictionary
jamb: Mnemonic Dictionary
jamb: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (3 matching dictionaries)

jamb: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
Glossary: Gothic Art and Architecture (No longer online)
jamb: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

jamb: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

Jamb: Castle Terms
JAMB: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

jamb, jamb: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)

Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)
Efficient Windows (No longer online)
Woodworking Glossary (No longer online)
Jamb: Construction Glossary
Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jamb)

▸ noun:  (architecture, interior decorating, carpentry) Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
▸ noun:  (mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
▸ noun:  Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fix or attach a jamb to.

Similar:

jaum, sidepiece, jambstone, doorjamb, sash, doorpost, jib door, jetty, ingo, window, more...

Opposite:

lintel, threshold, sill

Types:

double, single, French, Dutch, mortise, tenon, dovetail, lap, mitre, rabbet, more...

Phrases:

door jamb, it may get into a jamb, more...

Adjectives:

left, right, north, south, east, west, door, western, eastern, hand, opposite

Colors:

red, burgundy, maroon, crimson, scarlet, more...

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